Fatty's Seafood Picayune

The food was delicious, the service was quick, and the atmosphere was fantastic! I will definitely return!

Food was great ! We were absolutely stuffed ! I ordered Togo but the stuff was amazing while I waited !

I'm not sure what happened to this restaurant; it used to be fantastic, but now it's disappointing. I paid $20 for a dish that included just 10 shrimp, some undercooked fries, and plain untoasted bread. As for the two hushpuppies, I'll refrain from going into detail about them.

Really disappointing. Our party of six arrived on a Thursday night and were seated right away. We ordered the seafood nachos to start. we were all hungry so when they came out we pretty much devoured them. They were absolutely delicious. The tortillas were flour and had an amazing texture and flavor paired with the jalapeño cheese sauce. It wasn 't until about halfway through however, that we realized there was no crab meat on them. Our server was trying to be very helpful and asked if we wanted another order made. Since we had eaten most of it, it didn 't make sense, and we declined. A while later she came out with a small bowl with a few pieces of white crab meat. Because the nachos were so good, we had high expectations for the rest of the meal. After we ordered, we got our food AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER! However, 30 minutes into the wait time, our server informed us that they were out of the buy one get one half off dungeness crab and asked if we wanted to substitute them with snow crab. We agreed. My daughter got an ahi tuna salad that was supposed to be served over shredded cabbage with sliced avocado. It came out on iceberg lettuce with one small sliver of brown avocado. When she asked the server if she could have a side of avocado, she was told we ran out. Heck, for the amount of time we had to wait, they could 've driven down to the local grocery store and bought a few! My SIL had ordered a simple cheeseburger cooked medium. It came out well-done. The Cajun Alfredo was awful. It was watery and lacked flavor and the pasta had a strange texture. My shrimp and grits was ok. When we finally got the crab legs they were thin, brittle and NOT fresh. We couldn 't crack the shells, they were too flexible and the meat stuck to the inside shell. During our trip to the bathroom, it looked like they were pretty clean inside, but dark-colored wear in the paint on the doors made them look filthy (I gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried to wipe it with a wet paper towel). None of it was really the servers fault. Anyway, when my family members were able to get some meat out of the crab, they dipped it in the butter and were appalled. We 're not sure exactly what it was. I stopped the passing server and asked if it was possible that something could have been wrong with it. She said the server could 've gotten it off the line instead of using the clarified butter they were supposed to. She came back out and said that it was just unsalted butter. That 's definitely not what the problem was. With the most politeness I could muster I informed her that since we couldn 't get the meat out of the crab legs anyway it probably wasn 't a big deal. It turns out she was a manager and made some concessions on the bill. I just have to say that if this was my restaurant, there is no way I would 've let food go out of the kitchen in the condition that it came out to our table. I give Fatty 's a big fat thumbs down.

Fatty's Seafood in Picayune offers an exceptional selection of seafood and Cajun Creole dishes all in one place. I tried the Crawfish Two-Step, which features the classic crawfish étouffée topped with fried crawfish tails. It's an incredibly tempting dish, far superior to any other étouffée I've had at different restaurants. Our waitress, Alyssa, provided adequate service, but she didn't ask if we wanted dessert, and her demeanor could have been friendlier during our dinner experience at the Picayune location. On the bright side, the ambiance is quite impressive, decorated with framed pictures that replicate Mardi Gras and the New Orleans jazz festival. The restaurant truly captures the essence of Cajun and Creole culture! Overall, I enjoyed the food and the taste of New Orleans hospitality just north of the state line, but the service left a little to be desired.